mandag, december 17, 2012

Tonight in Malmø: LOCAL COLOUR!

In collaboration with Canadian poet Derek Beaulieu, Malmö-based
publishing imprint In Edit Mode Press now presents Local Colour :
Ghosts, variations. The collection takes as its point of departure Paul
Auster's novella Ghosts, and Beaulieu's reworking of Auster's text,
Local Colour. It invites a number of writers, poets, musicians and
artists to contribute with further reworkings, intermedial translations
and editing projects exploring various intersections between Auster's
text and Beaulieu's graphic interpretation. The resulting volume
consists of four bound volumes, a series of pamphlets and prints, an
audio-CD and a piece of computer software.

To celebrate the
release of the publication, we are also putting on an evening of
performances and readings at Signal - Centre for Contemporary Art. The
program for the evening features a reading by Derek Beaulieu,
performances by Helen White, and a sound piece by Cecilie Bjørgås
Jordheim performed by Stine Janvin Motland and Inga Margrete Aas.
Additionally, a new sound piece by Pär Thörn, recorded specifically for
the event, will be presented.

IN EDIT MODE PRESS is a Malmö
based publishing initiative focusing on experimental, contemporary text,
- sound, - and graphic work. We primarily publish themed collections
exploring specific issues and aesthetic strategies, taking a diverse
range of approaches and perspectives into account. From our editorial
offices / book shop at Malmö's Dalaplan, we make our publications by
hand and in low print runs, often using unconventional formats and
techniques. You can find more information about our activities on our
website: www.ineditmode.com.
We can also be reached on email: editors@ineditmode.com and phone: +46
(0) 76 18 60 609, and you can follows us on Facebook under the name
Ineditmode Press.

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Pre-order your copy now at a discount : €50. Simply follow the instructions below. Your copy will be delivered in January 2013.

LOCAL COLOUR : Ghosts, variations is a collaboration between In Edit Mode Press and Canadian poet Derek Beaulieu. The publication takes as its point of departure, Paul Auster’s novella Ghosts, and, in particular, Derek Beaulieu’s reworking of Auster’s text, Local Colour, which he describes as follows:

‘Local Colour’ is a page-by-page interpretation of Paul Auster’s 72-page novella ‘Ghosts’. ‘Ghosts’ concerns itself with Blue, a private detective hired by a mysterious character named White to transcribe the actions of Black, a denizen of Brooklyn Heights living on Orange Street. As Blue reports his findings, the reader becomes more aware of the intricate relationship between Black and White, and a tactile awareness of the role of colour spreads through the narrative. With ‘Local Colour’, I have removed the entirety of Auster’s text, leaving only chromatic words—proper nouns or not—spread across the page as dollops of paint on a palette. Taking inspiration from Kenneth Goldsmith’s Gertrude Stein on Punctuation (Abaton Books, 2000) what remains is the written equivalent of ambient music—words which are meant to be seen but not read. The colours, through repetition, build a suspense and crescendo which is loosened from traditional narrative into a more pointillist construction.

Focusing on the tension created in Beaulieu’s manuscript – and alluded to in the description of his process – between the textual narrative and the relatively abstract graphical mark, and the opening it seems to provide towards a sonic realm, we are now hoping to solicit a series of textual, aural, oral, musical, and other interpretations, as well as more machinic ‘utilisations’, of Beaulieu’s manuscript. What interests us, in particular, is the way in which Local Colour seems to split Auster’s narrative text open, deterritorialising it, serially, by rendering it purely graphical, freeing it up, in the same gesture, to an excess and a bifurcation of meaning. Seeking to extend and amplify this ambition, we are now opening the project up for others – writers, poets, musicians, artists – to split Beualieu’s manuscript open, to deterritorialise the coloured rectangles of his manuscript by textual, aural, narrative, graphical and other means.

Local Colour: Ghosts, variations collects and counterposes a wide array of strategies and approaches. It features both textual and aural contributions and contributions that combine text and sound. We hope it will prove an ambitious, vigorous collection that oscillates and moves between textual narrative, graphical mark, and aural impression, exploring these different realms whilst rendering uncertain any easy distinction between them.

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